GeekGirl (http://www.geekgirl.com.au/geekgirl/007tent/index.html) — Self-described as: "A fair dinkum attempt at engaging the reader/spectator to think about issues of media ownership, control and autonomy. We have a blast with: Jayne Loader (Atomic Cafe/Public Shelter/WWWench); Hakim Bey (Temporary Autonomous Zone); Vibe Tribe (Australia's psychedelic techno circus); DJ Gemma; CAT@LYST (Community Access Tecknology); Toxic Honey (says goodbye to VNS Matrix and returns from a blackhole); Carmel Young reports on the appropriation of Koori culture; the James Tiptree Jnr Awards (gosh, you mean it's a woman!); Kiss My Karate (Suzanne Fraser proud to throw like a girl); Dougie Rushkoff (always on the inside); Jeffrey Cook (back from San Francisco and out of phase); Gloria Superstar reports on her new virtual persona; Digital Grrl (wants a mud of her own); Australia's leading woman: Eva Cox interviewed by Kate Crawford."
Russian greens report on nuclear fleet disaster — The environmental group Bellona faced enormous hurdles to prepare this report. Yeltsin's secret police tried to hinder and criminalise the group, which documents the Russian Navy's rusting nuclear fleet leaking radioactive contamination into the sea. One of the report's authors, Alexander Nikitin, has been in jail for seven months accused of treason! The report is available at http://www.grida.no/ngo/bellona/ehome/russia/nfl/.
Germany moves to ban Radikal— Germany's Radikal, a paper "by and for the autonomous left", has again come under attack from cyber-censors. The paper was banned under Germany's repressive anti-leftist laws in the '70s and has been published clandestinely ever since. It has appeared on the Web regularly for quite a period via the Dutch web server xs4all.nl. Now the German authorities are attempting to block access by German internet subscribers to xs4all because of the presence of Radikal. Radikal is appealing to free speech supporters to establish "mirror" sites of the paper to defeat this attack of the left. One such is at http://burn.ucsd.edu/~ats/RADIKAL/index.htm. Topics in the magazine include political prisoners, communiqués and discussions from and about armed struggle organisations, historical analyses of patriarchy and fascism, updates on anti-fascist activity in Germany, critiques of and solidarity with the Kurdish Workers Party (PKK) and the Kurdish national liberation struggle as well as some "practical" tips, such as how to use computers safely for political work.
The Onion on-line (http://www.theonion.com/) — Political satire at its most hilarious can be found at this excellent site. The Onion takes great delight in making fun of politicians and major companies. Recent editions have featured stories about Pepsi selling its products to the newly discovered "market" on Mars, dope-smokers demanding that Republican vice presidential candidate Kemp be legalised, and Nike deciding to cease making sneakers so as to concentrate on what it does best: making incredibly cool TV commercials.